Scott Hanselman - Hanselminutes Podcast 183: LIVE! Gadgets, Hi-Def, WebCams, 4G and More

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Hanselminutes Podcast 183: LIVE! Gadgets, Hi-Def, WebCams, 4G and More

Posted 2009-10-11 09:41 PM in Podcast | Remote Work | Reviews | Tools.

My one-hundred-and-eighty-third podcast is up. This wacky episode of Hanselminutes was recorded at 3am on a sad, sad Saturday morning with an intrepid group of UStream and Twitter users who watched Scott chat about gadgets and technology and ultimate fail to save the video. This is the only artifact. This is fortunate because Scott does an audio podcast.

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Do also remember the complete archives are always up and they have PDF Transcripts, a little known feature that show up a few weeks after each show.

Telerik is our sponsor for this show.

Check out their UI Suite of controls for ASP.NET. It's very hardcore stuff. One of the things I appreciate aboutTelerik is their commitment to completeness. For example, they have a page about their Right-to-Left support while some vendors have zero support, or don't bother testing. They also are committed to XHTML compliance and publish their roadmap. It's nice when your controls vendor is very transparent.

As I've said before this show comes to you with the audio expertise and stewardship of Carl Franklin. The name comes from Travis Illig, but the goal of the show is simple. Avoid wasting the listener's time. (and make the commute less boring)

Enjoy. Who knows what'll happen in the next show?

Sunday, October 11, 2009 10:49:35 PM (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00)

I usually love the show but this was a horrible episode. Maybe it was interesting for the people who were there live on Twitter but for a listener it is incredibly boring to listen to a a monologue. I gave up after 20 minutes, and will definitely skip any future episode like this. Sorry if this sounds harsh, like I said I usually enjoy the show, but this one sucked. Please remove the suck for next time.

Sunday, October 11, 2009 11:07:18 PM (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00)

Ouch. Um, ok. Thanks for the feedback.

Scott Hanselman

Sunday, October 11, 2009 11:16:51 PM (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00)

I usually love the show but this was a horrible episode.

I disagree. I enjoy the nice change, talking about lighter stuff. I guess finding the balance in terms of topic is the key here. keep up the good work

Ronald Widha

Sunday, October 11, 2009 11:32:05 PM (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00)

Thanks Ronald! Maybe it would be more interesting if I had a few people chatting WITH me. It was very dynamic as there were 60+people in the room with me, but of course, you can only hear me. :)

Scott Hanselman

Sunday, October 11, 2009 11:35:16 PM (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00)

I enjoyed the show, as I was there when it happened :-)

In general, I enjoy the shows with a lighter theme: more gadget and technology in general talk.

Overeem

Monday, October 12, 2009 12:56:28 AM (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00)

Agree with Overeem and Ronald, it was cool to be there and talking about gadget is always fun! But I can also understand EE somewhat; without the video it's not the same experience. The word "horrible" is not fair though. :)

I guess you will never forget to press that recording button again, huh? :)

Note to self: pressing SHIFT+SPACEBAR in this page starts playing the podcast...

Pix

Monday, October 12, 2009 1:22:45 AM (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00)

Sorry, my last comment probably could have used a smiley or two (or some politeness even :) ), I'm not going crazy over this or anything.

It was very dynamic as there were 60+people

That's the thing, you made it very interesting for 60+ people while making it feel not very dynamic at all for the X thousand people who just listen. The subject was fine, some of my favorite shows are the minutae shows with Richard Campbell where you talk about various gadgets or other small subjects, it's just the format I didn't like.

The word "horrible" is not fair though. :)

s/horrible/not-really-great-and-I-mean-that-in-a-non-hurtful-way/

Monday, October 12, 2009 1:53:29 AM (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00)

I thought it was a decent show, not one of your top fives but I enjoyed it. Made for good listening while I was mending the house. :)

I do wish you'd put links to the gadgets you were talking about in the show notes though. I usually listen to podcasts away from the computer and it's not always feasible to write things down.

henriksen

Monday, October 12, 2009 2:00:04 AM (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00)

I enjoyed watching and listening to the show but maybe it was one that had to be seen ;)

Wha really impressed me was how you managed to seemlessly work in people comments and questions without even a pause.

Darren Camp

Monday, October 12, 2009 8:24:52 AM (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00)

Didn't really like the last show. For my taste, not enough geekness and too much commercial smell.

zvolkov

Monday, October 12, 2009 10:16:22 AM (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00)

I use to listen to the podcast on a regular basis. This time, I have to admit that I switched off after five minutes and here's why: I don't mind people podcasting enthusiastic reviews of Microsoft products but if the author of such a review is paid by Microsoft it smells like Hanselads, not Hanselminutes ...

honekamp

Monday, October 12, 2009 12:02:40 PM (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00)

I liked the epsoide. I don't know what people are expecting --

dm3281

Monday, October 12, 2009 1:48:54 PM (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00)

Great show Scott. I really liked the topics you covered.

One question, for your use of the LifeCam Cinema or the Sony camcorder...which do you recommend for screencasts? I'm trying the LifeCam and I've had mixed results.

I loved the last 2 minutes where you realized the video wasn't recorded....EPIC FAIL. ;)

Ian Ceicys

Monday, October 12, 2009 6:36:21 PM (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00)

Good feedback all.

honekamp - Do you REALLY think, assuming you've read my stuff over the years, that I am paid by Microsoft to sell Webcams? The podcast is owned by Carl Franklin and I. It's not controlled, owned, sponsored or influenced by Microsoft. It's not hosted on their servers. It's even called out in my employee agreement, FWIW. ;P

Seriously, I totally appreciate the feedback. It's helpful. Go read my Google Apps guide if you really think I'm a Microsoft shill.

End of rant.

Scott Hanselman

Monday, October 12, 2009 9:46:10 PM (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00)

Scott,

I did not say or think that you are paid to sell webcams, nor did I imply any accusation. I was meaning to provide feedback, that's all.

http://honekamp.wordpress.com/

Monday, October 12, 2009 9:56:09 PM (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00)

I know, I was 90% joking...sorry it that wasn't clear. I put ;P to mean I was playing. I *do* appreciate your feedback!

Scott Hanselman

Tuesday, October 13, 2009 1:55:59 AM (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00)

You need the ThinkPad W500 hardware reference manual - it shows you how take your W500 apart and actually get it back together.

On my T500, the SIM card is under the battery - the manual will show you exactly where it is.

http://www.grandefamily.net/donig/

Tuesday, October 13, 2009 7:50:05 AM (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00)

I enjoyed listening to the show, but I would have loved some advanced notice so I could have joined live. Next time maybe a smidge more notice?

Ryan Smith

Tuesday, October 13, 2009 11:14:16 AM (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00)

Scott, does LifeCam HD support the mac? Couldn't find anything on this topic.

Robert G

Tuesday, October 13, 2009 12:07:26 PM (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00)

California has 4G coverage as well, but through different providers. Clear does not offer WiMax in CA, I think.

Silicon valley had coverage for sometime.

Just a drop in a bucket.

ivan_

Tuesday, October 13, 2009 1:08:31 PM (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00)

Those 3 AM ideas...

The biggest irony of this show is your recent berating of the DNR boys for their time wasting... ouch! (Says the guy who never published a single podcast.)

As a consumer, all I can say is: "content is king". I appreciate your experimenting within our new media landscape, I applaud your subject diversity, but please keep up your high content quality of shows gone by.

Still a fan!

jme

Wednesday, October 14, 2009 12:27:49 AM (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00)

I thought this show was good. It was different and different is frequently a good thing. My favorite part...then end when you realized that this was destined to be a podcast only show! (:P) OOOPS! Made my drive go right on by as usual.

Thanks!

https://www.google.com/accounts/o8/id?id=AItOawl75lwdFSTtbNGhRVOsImSS0UEMNKv1kW4

Wednesday, October 14, 2009 6:12:10 AM (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00)

When Panera blocks your laptop's MAC address, just change it administratively to a different, fictional MAC address and keep on chugging.

https://me.yahoo.com/a/ugaFwtwWrJP1UnJ.rwBlpBfIp8ql

Thursday, October 15, 2009 12:32:47 AM (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00)

nice, thanks for sharing

Jack

Thursday, October 15, 2009 7:36:37 PM (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00)

I rather enjoyed the whole geek-chat experience even from the podcast-only side. I also think the diversity and evolving nature of the of the show is important. So, I thank you for that.

(By the way, the comments on the transcript page for this show are different to these comments.)

objektivs

Friday, October 16, 2009 6:20:59 AM (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00)

Scott: Hope fully .......as soon as i start .......OH NO..... I forgot to push the button...

That was epic...

one of the many reasons for me to just love your podcast...

http://vivek-bluestar.blogspot.com/

Saturday, October 17, 2009 7:06:54 AM (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00)

I liked this episode, but it definitely would have been a lot better with the video, and if you had someone to talk with, rather than just monologuing. Maybe next time you could have a guest or set it up for people to call in?